WVNC-LD

WVNC-LD
Watertown, New York; United States
Channels	Digital: 24 (UHF); Virtual: 45
Branding	NBC Watertown; Antenna TV Watertown (LD2)
Programming
Affiliations	45.1: NBC; 45.2: Antenna TV; 45.3: Grit; 45.4: Bounce TV; 45.5: Court TV; 45.6: QVC; 45.7: HSN
Ownership
Owner	SagamoreHill Broadcasting ; (SagamoreHill of Watertown Licenses, LLC)
History
Founded	March 24, 2015
First air date	December 1, 2016 (4 years ago)
Former call signs	W45EI-D (2015–2016)
Former channel number(s)	Digital:; 45 (UHF, 2016–2020)
Call sign meaning	Watertown; TeleVision; North Country
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	188838
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	107.2 m (352 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°58′4.6″N 75°48′21.2″W / 43.967944°N 75.805889°WCoordinates: 43°58′4.6″N 75°48′21.2″W / 43.967944°N 75.805889°W
Links
Public license information	Profile; LMS
Website	www.nbcwatertown.com

WVNC-LD, virtual channel 45 (UHF digital channel 24), is a low-powered NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Watertown, New York, United States. The station is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting. WVNC-LD's studios are located at Public Square in downtown Watertown, and its transmitter is located along NY 126/State Street on Champion Hill.^[1]^[2]

Due to WVNC-LD's low-power status, its broadcast radius only covers the immediate Watertown area. Therefore, it must rely on cable and satellite to reach the entire market.

History[]

Although the channel 45 frequency had never been used in Watertown prior to 2015, the adjacent channel 46 was the home of WLOT-LP, Watertown's UPN affiliate, until its owner died in 2005 and the station went dark (its frequency has never been reactivated and would eventually be taken out of service in the late-2010s spectrum reallocation).

On August 28, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the transfer of control of a low-power digital television license in Watertown, W45EI-D, from Sunrise, Florida-based DTV America Corporation to SagamoreHill Broadcasting.^[3] The new owners promptly renamed the station WVNC-LD and signed it to an affiliation deal with NBC, giving the Watertown area its first locally-based full-time NBC affiliate. The new station signed on December 1, 2016. Prior to WVNC-LD's sign-on, North Country cable systems received either WSTM-TV in Syracuse or WPTZ in Plattsburgh, depending on the location. WWNY-TV previously had a secondary affiliation with the network until 1995.^[4] WPTZ and WSTM-TV are still available on cable along with WVNC-LD.

Digital channels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP short name	Programming ^[5]
45.1	1080i	16:9	WVNCNBC	Main WVNC-LD programming / NBC
45.2	480i		Antenna	Antenna TV
45.3			GritTv	Grit
45.4			Bounce	Bounce TV
45.5			CourtTv	Court TV
45.6			QVC	QVC
45.7			HSN	HSN

Former WVNC-LD as both an Antenna TV and MyNetworkTV affiliate.

Programming[]

WVNC-LD's main channel clears the entire NBC schedule, including The More You Know, NBC's E/I-compliant block which, as a low-power station, it is not required to clear. Syndicated programming on WVNC-LD includes The Wendy Williams Show, Family Feud, Access Hollywood, and The Kelly Clarkson Show.^[6]

In addition to NBC programming, WVNC-LD operates the Watertown market's Antenna TV affiliate on its LD2 subchannel. On weeknights, WVNC-LD2 also carries programs from the MyNetworkTV programming service, filling in programming for all time slots outside of the MyNetworkTV programming schedule with the Antenna TV schedule.^[7]^[8]

News operation[]

WVNC-LD currently does not air any local news programming; station officials stated at its launch that planning was underway to open a news department by early 2018. As of September 2021, there is still no local news available on WVNC-LD.

References[]

^ https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=188838&applicationId=25076ff358164b8b0158b0df48964fb5
^ http://www.rabbitears.info/tvq.php?request=items&facid=188838
^ http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1731564.pdf
^ Dwyer, Brian. "NBC will Soon be Local in Watertown; News Department in 2018". Time Warner Cable News. Time Warner Cable News. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
^ RabbitEars TV Query for WVNC-LD
^ https://www.kellyclarksonshow.com/exclusives/where-to-watch
^ "Interactive Affiliate Map". AntennaTV.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
^ www.nbcwatertown.com

[1] ttps://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=188838&applicationId=25076ff358164b8b0158b0df48964fb5

[2] ttp://www.rabbitears.info/tvq.php?request=items&facid=188838

[3] ttp://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1731564.pdf

[4] Dwyer, Brian. "NBC will Soon be Local in Watertown; News Department in 2018". Time Warner Cable News. Time Warner Cable News. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

[5] RabbitEars TV Query for WVNC-LD

[6] ttps://www.kellyclarksonshow.com/exclusives/where-to-watch

[7] "Interactive Affiliate Map". AntennaTV.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

[8] www.nbcwatertown.com

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show v t Broadcast television in Northern New York State and the St. Lawrence Valley, including Watertown
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Watertown / Carthage	WWNY-TV (7.1 CBS, 7.2 Fox SD) WPBS-TV (16.1 PBS, 16.2 Create, 16.3 FNX / World, 16.4 PBS Kids) WTKJ-LP 19 (Edge) WNYF-CD (28.1 Fox, 28.2 MeTV) WVNC-LD (45.1 NBC, 45.2 ANT/MNTV, 45.3 Grit, 45.4 Bounce TV, 45.5 Court TV, 45.6 QVC, 45.7 HSN) WWTI (50.1 ABC, 50.2 CW+, 50.3 Laff, 50.4 Mystery, 50.5 True Crime)
St. Lawrence County	WNPI-DT (18.1 PBS, 18.2 Create, 18.3 World / FNX, 18.4 PBS Kids) WWNY-CD (28.1 Fox, 28.2 CBS)
Cable	MSG Network MSG Plus Spectrum News Central New York SportsNet New York YES
Defunct	Spectrum Sports WLOT-LP 46 (UPN / A1, Watertown)
New York State television Albany/Schenectady Binghamton Buffalo Burlington/Plattsburgh Elmira New York City Rochester Syracuse Utica Watertown See also Ottawa-Gatineau Ontario (provincial)

show v t NBC network affiliates licensed to and serving the state of New York
O&O's are in bold
WGRZ 2 (Buffalo) WKTV 2 (Utica) WSTM-TV 3 (Syracuse) WNBC 4 (New York City) WPTZ 5 (Plattsburgh) WHEC-TV 10 (Rochester) WNYT 13 (Albany) WETM-TV 18 (Elmira) WBGH-CD 20/WIVT-DT 34.2 (Binghamton) WVNC-LD 45 (Watertown)
See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in New York

show v t MyNetworkTV network affiliates serving the state of New York
O&O's are in bold
WWOR-TV 9 (Secaucus, NJ/New York City) WPNY-LD 11 (Utica) WJKP-LD 39 (Elmira) WBGT-CD 40 (Rochester) WYCI 40 (Saranac Lake) WICZ-DT 40.2 (Binghamton) WSYT-DT 43 (Syracuse) WVNC-LD2 45.2 (Watertown) WNYO 49 (Buffalo) WNYA 51 (Pittsfield, MA/Albany)
See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in New York

show v t SagamoreHill Broadcasting
sorted by primary channel network affiliations
The CW	KFJX-DT2 ¹ KVCT-DT3 ¹ WLTZ-DT2 ²
Fox	KFJX ¹ KJTV-TV ² KVCT ¹ KXLT-TV ²
NBC	WLTZ ² WNBJ-LD WVNC-LD
Other	KJTV-CD (Ind.) ² KSWL-LD (CBS) KZTV (CBS) ³ KWWE-LD (MyN) WNCF (ABC) ⁴
¹ KFJX and KVCT are operated by Morgan Murphy Media under an SSA. ² KJTV, KXLT and WLTZ are operated by Gray Television under an SSA. ³ KZTV is operated by the E. W. Scripps Company under an SSA. ⁴ WNCF is operated by Bahakel Communications under an SSA.

Watertown, New York United States

Channels	Digital: 24 (UHF) Virtual: 45
Branding	NBC Watertown Antenna TV Watertown (LD2)
Programming
Affiliations	45.1: NBC 45.2: Antenna TV 45.3: Grit 45.4: Bounce TV 45.5: Court TV 45.6: QVC 45.7: HSN
Ownership
Owner	SagamoreHill Broadcasting (SagamoreHill of Watertown Licenses, LLC)
History
Founded	March 24, 2015
First air date	December 1, 2016 (4 years ago) (2016-12-01)
Former call signs	W45EI-D (2015–2016)
Former channel number(s)	Digital: 45 (UHF, 2016–2020)
Call sign meaning	Watertown TeleVision North Country
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	188838
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	107.2 m (352 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°58′4.6″N 75°48′21.2″W / 43.967944°N 75.805889°W / 43.967944; -75.805889Coordinates: 43°58′4.6″N 75°48′21.2″W / 43.967944°N 75.805889°W / 43.967944; -75.805889
Links
Public license information	Profile LMS
Website	www.nbcwatertown.com